Future of Crime and Punishment - Smart Policies for Reducing Crime and Saving Money

Informationen zum Autor By William R. Kelly Klappentext With recidivism rates north of 70% and tens of billions of dollars wasted annually on policies that assume we can punish the crime out of criminal offenders, America's fixation with "tough on crime" has been an utter failure. William R. Kelly lays out a roadmap for how to effectively reduce recidivism, crime, victimization and cost. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. American Criminal Justice: The Punishment is the Crime2. The High Cost of Failure3. Why People Commit Crime and What We Can Do About It4. Diversion from Traditional Criminal Prosecution and Punishment5. Changing Prosecution And Sentencing6. Rethinking Punishment7. Drugs, Guns and Gangs8. Juvenile Justice: The Critical Opportunity9. Conclusions

Product details

• Authors: William R Kelly, William R. Kelly, Kelly William R.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781538123881
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-2388-1
• No. of pages: 282
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, Society & culture: general, Society and culture: general, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Penology and punishment, Central / national / federal government policies, Penology & punishment, Central government policies, Crime Control;Criminal Justice